Flash Glucose Monitoring is associated with improved glycaemic control but use is largely limited to more affluent people in a UK diabetes centre

The Freestyle Libre (Abbott Diabetes Care, Witney, UK) Flash Glucose Monitoring system was introduced in the UK in late 2014. It is not currently available on the National Health Service and is therefore marketed directly to people with diabetes. Use of the device has been associated with improvements in HbA1c in uncontrolled studies [1,2] and with reduced hypoglycaemia in a large randomized controlled trial [3]. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.